Reading my Story

I am learning to read my writing to make sure it makes sense.  I can also read it to someone else to check.  Listen to my story!

100 days smarter!

You had a fun day celebrating 100 days of learning in Room 5!

Celebrating Matariki

We have been learning about Matariki in our class.  We learnt that it is a group of stars that marked the beginning of a new year.  You know it is the beginning of the new year when the first new moon rises after the stars appear in the sky (you can only see Matariki for a part of the year).  To celebrate Matariki we made fried bread, we learnt how to sing "Twinkle twinkle little star" in Maori and we reflected on the year past and the year to come.  Here is a slideshow of some of our learning.

Reading my poem

Here you are reading a poem of your choice. You are learning to pay attention to the author’s punctuation to help your reading sound interesting and change your voice when you see bold print. Reading out loud to people is a fun way to show your family what skilled readers you are becoming.

Fun at PMP!

Here you are trying really hard to listen and follow the patterns with your sticks. Our Perceptual Motor Programme (PMP) is where we learn to move and control our bodies, improve our listening skills, strengthen our hand and eye coordination, follow directions and lots more. 

Kahu says: I like being a dinosaur at PMP. I stomp.

Basic sight words

These are some of the basic sight words you are learning. It is important to look at the first and last sounds of the word to help you read them.

Kahu says: I am better at reading with the teacher. I need to practise more words.

Term 2 Writing

I have been writing lots of stories at school.  I can draw a picture for my brainstorm and then I use my alphabet card to help me find words and sounds that I need to write my sentence.

Recognising before and after numbers to 20.

"I was putting the before number next to the snakes."